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Selecting drum handling equipment
Choose by the motion your process needs: moving, lifting, tipping or storing, because no single product does all four well.
A full drum is heavier than a person can safely control, and most drum injuries happen during the tip rather than the lift. That makes the controlling question which motion your process actually requires.
Caddies and carts move drums horizontally. Clutchers and fork-mounted grabs lift them. Rotating carts control the tip for pouring and decanting. Stackable racks address storage rather than handling. A product chosen for the wrong motion gets used for it anyway, which is how manual handling creeps back in.
Where a process needs two motions, it is usually cheaper to buy two purpose-made items than one compromise product, because the compromise is slower at both and the time cost repeats every shift.
Specifications
| Moving | Drum caddies and carts |
|---|---|
| Lifting | Clutchers and fork-mounted drum grabs |
| Tipping | Rotating drum carts |
| Storing | Stackable drum racks |
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Tell us what you need
Send the model code from the specification table, or describe the bay and the loads it handles. You will get a price against the model rather than a general catalogue.